On Wednesday, the sheriff's office was alerted that the water has subsided some, and the white van was located.

For several years, Ric Saldivar said, his parents had been losing their memories to dementia.

This 2014 photo provided by Virginia Saldivar shows her grandchildren Daisy, from left, Xavier and Dominic Saldivar, three of the four children presumed dead after their van sank into Greens Bayou on Houston's eastside.

"They basically let us know they're not going to be able to do anything until the water goes down", Ric said.

"I can already imagine Dad holding Mom's hand real tight as the water rushed in", he said. "I hope they are safe and sound and got out of the floodwaters".

The children's mother had been trying to get a boat ride so she could go to the bayou herself and look for them. "And the longer I don't see them, the longer it's not true".

"Finding my babies", she said, "that's my ultimate goal".

"Sammy said, 'Well, maybe I should go back, ' " Ric said. They then alerted the police who came to the spot.

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